"Charles D. Sorkin" wrote:
> ....Another question about the altitude sickness thread: As someone pointed
> out, the problem is not an air deficiency, but an oxygen deficiency. Oxygen
> is only 25% of the atmosphere. Wouldn't one want to enrich the mixture in
> order to get more oxygen into the cylinder?
Enriching the mixture would add more gasoline and you already have to much at
high altitudes because of the oxygen deficiency. The solution is to lean out
the mixture (less gasoline) to bring the fuel/air ratio back to what it is at
lower altitudes.
Rick
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